Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.3 does not properly manage the scopes of DOM nodes that are moved from one document to another, which…

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.3 does not properly manage the scopes of DOM nodes that are moved from one document to another, which allows remote attackers to conduct use-after-free attacks and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving improper interaction with garbage collection, as demonstrated by Nils during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-94 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• 40481 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1640 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-930-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1023817 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555109 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6844 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 40323 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11005277222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 40401 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10344 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-25.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100091069 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 01:14 UTC.